Anyone who thinks that the Republican Party is a party of hate or mudslinging in some sort of unequivocated way should have come with me to Peet’s this morning and tried to accomplish anything at all while sitting next to roughly eight senior citizens and their endless sound-bites directed at Sarah Palin and her family.
I’m not sure that I’ve ever heard anyone slandered like this before – in politics or elsewhere. Really disturbing.
Hate speech aside, I suppose I can’t understand why anyone is so dogmatically convinced by either candidate in this election. Both bring much to the table, but they also have extremely glaring flaws.
Even more frustrating is that people are so convinced that they’ll find any sort of lasting hope or salvific plan in a political platform. I’m not really interesting in converting to, and receiving baptism in, any political party, or by closing my prayers “In Obama’s Name” (or McCain’s).
The again, maybe I’m wrong. Maybe wearing a huge Barack Obama pin on my denim jacket and ripping Sarah Palin’s daughter while sitting inside of a coffee shop all morning really can change the world. Eucharist, anyone?
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